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Pacemaker & ICDs: Introduce Yourself & Meet Others

Pacemaker & ICDs | Last Active: Aug 11 1:29pm | Replies (234)

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@patti9309 Welcome to Connect! I just read the two posts you wrote in the last 24 hours. SVT's are a fast heart rhythm (for those unfamiliar with this acronym). Have you spoken to your doctors about your sleeping issue and the other issues you are experiencing at night? Lack of sleep affects other things we are doing, please do address your issues with your doctors at Friday's appointment. We cannot give medical advice. Your pacemaker was installed less than a week ago, sleeping position needs to be accommodating as you heal. I liked a recliner for a while and now I sleep on my left side, I do miss sleeping on my stomach. @jc76 noted that he was very heart focused, especially at night, I did not find that happening to me. I found this article from the NIH, a study, you may wish to read. I am thinking that, even though it's about ICDs, it would also apply to devices that are just pacemakers. It's quite technical, I skipped down to the ending comments. You may read something here that resonates with you and can help generate questions for your doctor. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3681948/ Before you received your pacemaker, how did SVT affect your everyday life?

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Many thanks for the link and words of wisdom. The SVTs (atrial tachycardia) turned my world upside down. They start in April about one event per week maybe 5 minutes in length. By the end of June I was having 5-8 events per day with a bpm of 160+ lasting hours. Vagal maneuvers would bring my heart down but only for a minute or two. I had 3 cardioversions in 12 days. The SVTs played huge havoc on my CMD (Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction) sending me in unstable angina events/pain requiring nitro infusions ( 9 to 23 hours) to resolve. The EP studies/mapping, subsequent ablations & med changes seem to have capped the SVTs Keeping my finger crossed - the ablation were done 7 days ago and my pacemaker was implanted 6 days ago. All of this is pretty new to me.